Ironing-board.



J. S. ADAMS.

IRONING BOARD.

- APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 23, 1910.

1,000,876. Patented Aug. 15, 1911'.

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Specification of Letters 'Iatent.

Patented Aug. 15., 1911.

Application filed September 23, 1910. Serial No. 583,455.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. ADAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sanger, in the county of Fresno and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an ironing board of that type including a foldable stand for supporting the ironing board proper.

The invention has for one of its objects to improve and simplify the construction of devices of this character so as to be comparatively simple and inexpensive to manufacture, of durable and substantial design and capable of being quickly folded and unfolded,

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel combination of main and secondary boards and an iron rest between them, the secondary board being used for pressing sleeves and the like.

With these objects in view, and others as will appear as the description proceeds, the

invention comprises the various features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be more fully described hereinafter and set forth with particularity in the claim appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the ironing device open. Fig. 2 is a side view thereof. Fig. 8 is an end view.

Similar reference characters are employed todesignate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawing, 1 designates the main board which is provided with a supporting frame A. This frame consists of a set of legs 2 which are connected together with a top piece 3 and a bottom piece 4, the said top piece forming an iron rest.

Secured to the underside of the board 1 at its inner end is a cross piece or block 5 that has its ends formed into journals or trunnions 6 and these journals extend into openings 7 in the side members 2 at a point inwardly from the top cross piece or iron rest 3, so that the board 1 will terminate at the iron rest. The other set of legs 8 are connected together by cross pieces 9 and 10, the latter having journals 11 which pass through the members 8 and turn in the openings 12 in the side members 2. The members 8 are I spaced apart and lie between the members 2 when the stand is folded. The upper ends of the members 8 engage the underside of the board 1 and hold the same in horizontal position.

In order to prevent the stand from collapsing an abutment 13 is fastened on the underside of the board 1 to be engaged by a cross piece lt on the set of short legs 8.

The top edge of the block 5 on the board 1 has a recess 15 for the purpose of receiving the secondary or sleeve board 16, one end of the latter being inserted through the recess 15 and bearing on the underside of the board 1 so that both boards will lie horizontal. By taking out the secondary board the main board can fold toward the section of the stand formed by the legs 2.

With an ironing device of this character it is extremely easy to iron a garment that requires a sleeve board, as the board is convenient to the iron rest and also out of the way of the main board.

It will be noted that the inner end of the sleeve board engages the cross piece 14 and holds the same against the abutment 13 so that there is no danger of the stand collapsing.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention relates, and while I have described the principle of operation of the invention, together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the claim.

Having thus described the invention what I claim as new is The combination of a main board, a block on one end thereof having a recess, an abutment on the under side of the main board and spaced from the block, a sleeve board eX- tending into the recess of the said block and under the main board and being removably held in place solely by the block, a pair of legs pivoted at their upper portions to the said block and projecting upwardly therefrom at opposite sides of the sleeve board, a cross piece rigidly connecting the upper ends of the legs together and extending across the sleeve board to form a rest, another pair of the main board to form supportthereof at legs hingedly connected With the firstmenan intermediate point. .I tioned legs, and a device'carried by the sec- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature 0nd pair of legs to engage between the inner in presence oftvvo Witnesses.

- end of the sleeve board and the said abut- JOHN S. ADAMS.

ment on the main board, said device pre- Witnesses: venting the folding of the legs While the H. A. BEACH, sleeve-b0ard is in place and engaging under GEORGE SCHNEIDER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G. 

